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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">You initiate 
	side-by-side file editing by using the &quot;Split Workspace&quot; commands 
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #0000ff"><u>View menu</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">. 
	These commands add a second set of editor tabs to achieve a layout such as the 
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">You can also 
	show two files side-by-side one above the other (horizontally aligned).</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">You can add 
	tabs to the secondary tab set in a number of ways: </span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: #010101">&middot;</span></font><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">Drag&amp;drop 
	tabs from the primary tab set (works in the opposite direction).</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: #010101">&middot;</span></font><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">Open 
	files while the secondary tabs is active.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: #010101">&middot;</span></font><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">Use 
	the Recent Files menu while the secondary tab set is active.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: #010101">&middot;</span></font><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">Use 
	the context menu of the secondary tab set to create new modules.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">When you hide 
	the secondary editor tab set all contained tabs are moved to the primary tab 
	set. If you just want to maximize the editing space of the primary tab set you 
	can temporarily hide the secondary tabs by double-clicking the handle of the 
	splitter between the two tab sets.&nbsp; You can later restore the previous 
	layout by double-clicking the handle of the splitter again.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">The layout 
	of the secondary workspace and the contained tabs are persisted across PyScripter 
	invocations.</span></font></div>
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